Completed around 1996, 122 units.  Freehold.  East Singapore.
3 Jalan Hajijah, 5-minute walk to Upper East Coast Road, near The Bayshore.

2-bedroom:
969, 980, 1,023 sq. ft.

3-bedroom:
1,141 (ground floor), 1,195, 1,238, 1,249 sq. ft.

Penthouse 5-bedroom: 3,154 sq. ft.
2 units. 5^th floor. Roof terrace 300 sq. ft. Living room has sea view. Facing Bayshore Park.

Finishes:
Living/dining - granite. Bedrooms - wooden strips. Built-in wardrobes, kitchen cabinet and central air conditioning system, cooker hob (metallic) & hood.  Marble and granite flooring, marbled bathrooms with designer fittings, 10 feet high ceilings.
Translucent glass blocks on walls in the living and bedrooms to bring in light and floor to ceiling high windows. Rubbish chute positioned close to the cooker. The kitchen has space for a medium-sized fridge.

Facilities:
Swimming pool, children's pool, playground, BBQ area, covered car park. A big basement gym enclosed by glass windows with running water and "stream" outside attracts many Caucasian expatriate tenants. 

Balinese women stone sculptures sprouting water greet the visitors. A big visitor's lobby is at the left of the picture. 

Running water surrounding ground floor units, jacuzzi, clubhouse, landscaped palm garden, tennis court, audio-intercom system linked to the guardhouse. Cascading waterfall and koi pond. 

One part of the basement car park has "cave-like" water channels. Cable vision connections. Basement parking, 24-hour security with night patrol, steam and sauna rooms, swimming pool, children's pool and outdoor jacuzzi pool, tennis courts, playground, BBQ pits, club house.

Investors to note: Freehold. 

Advantages:

1. Location near Upper East Coast Road and many buses to downtown.  15 minutes drive to Orchard Road, the shopping and leisure hub and 10 minutes away from Shenton Way, the business centre of Singapore.
   
2. Low density and low rise.
   
3. Full length glass windows make apartment look brighter.
   
4. Granite flooring in the common corridors gives it a classy look.
   
   
   
5. Resort ambience with Balinese sculptures and running water theme much loved by Caucasian tenants. 

Disadvantages:

1. Not within walking distance to the Bedok subway.
   
2. Some Caucasians complain that the small bedrooms, living rooms cum dining rooms and kitchens are small, but this is expected in newer condos.

Characteristics:
A resort ambience enhanced by the Balinese women statues
spouting water from their hand held jugs, water facing underground gym and water canals outside the ground floor of the apartments, basement car park "caves" make this condo unique.
 

The co-broking agent acting on behalf of the Landlord usually will not want to provide proof of ownership but it is imperative that you, representing the tenant,  get it.

It may be a copy of the property tax bill with the name of the Owner and the address of the rental apartment but it must the original copy. A lawyer's letter certifying the ownership is another source as some owners are unable to produce the title deeds.

Check the phone directory for the name if it is a corporate owner as sometimes it is a foreign e.g. Hongkong incorporated company and not listed. Do not be complacent.

In a Beverly Hill case, the Landlord (corporation) through its own administrators, started asking for 3 months' security deposit after negotiations had been completed. Soon, the Landlord demanded a quarterly rental payment to be paid in advance.

This raises some signals that the Landlord might not be financially sound. On checking the phone book directly, the Landlord (a private company) was not even listed in the book.

In this instance, Asia USA Realtor had to contact the Landlord directly to get the proof of ownership as the co-broker was too busy selling units saying that the tenancy agreement of the previous tenant would have the name of the Landlord.  He faxed a copy of the property tax bill with the details of the tax paid blanked out.

Do inform the co-broking agent that you had to contact the Landlord directly since the Landlord had got the security deposit but the agent representing him had not provided any proof of ownership. This would avoid misunderstanding.

The most updated way to check proof  of ownership is for the agents to pay some money to obtain the names of owners from the relevant government bodies to verify ownership.

Once the security deposit had been paid to the wrong person, it will be extremely difficult to recover the money, especially if the person is undergoing bankruptcy proceedings.

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